Melvyn Bragg In Our Time Podcasts & Audiobooks

The history of ideas discussed by Melvyn Bragg and guests including Philosophy, science, literature, religion and the influence these ideas have on us today.

Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them.

Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.

From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.

The Adventure of English is a British television series (ITV) on the history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg as well as a companion book, also written by Bragg. The series ran in 2003.

From 2008: Gore Vidal in conversation with Melvyn Bragg. Filmed at the Royal Geographical Society.

Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.

This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....

The Norman Conquest is his starting point, a time when William the Conqueror's `harrying of the North' affected the poor apprentice, the lowly ploughman and the humble shepherd....